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Check out this week's Facebook Fan
of the Week winner Kristen Bell! She submitted her photo with this story: "This is my 3-month-old daughter, Kaylee. She entered this world on 1/29/13 & spent a month in the NICU. She's doing much better now though & is looking forward to her first Gamecock football game...in a few years!"

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While many of the Gamecocks' teams hit the road for SEC Championships and NCAA Tournaments, the baseball squad is the last team in action at home this week. Carolina will host Wofford Wednesday night followed by the final home weekend series of the regular season vs. Georgia this weekend. We'll be celebrating Senior Day before Saturday's game so be sure to arrive early for the ceremony. Buy tickets in advance online

After big road wins for both squads this past weekend, both baseball and softball return home to Columbia this weekend for big SEC series. Softball hosts #3 Florida in the final home series of the season at the new Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. Senior Day festivities will take place before Sunday's final game. The weekend has SEC Tournament implications for the Gamecocks as they aim to be among the top 10 teams in the conference who make the tourney. Meanwhile over at Carolina Stadium the baseball team will take on another Top 10 match-up against #2 Vanderbilt in a three game series with the postseason looming. Tickets are going fast so purchase online in advance!

Friday, May 3, 2013

Softball vs. #3 Florida - 6:00 PM- Field of Dreams - a local softball team, U12 Lexington Lightning, accompanies the Softball team out on the field during the National Anthem.- Stadium replica key chain giveaway- Softball Bingo- Team Posters

Check out this week's Facebook Fan
of the Week winner Janet Stacks! This is Janet's " grand" niece, AriaAnnabelle Taylor at one-day old! Aria was born amongst Tiger fans in Greenville, SC, but is all-Gamecock, born and bred!

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THIS WEEK IN GAMECOCK COUNTRY...With both baseball and softball hitting the road this weekend for SEC series, only softball will host a home event this week! The Gamecocks will host the Charlotte 49ers for a doubleheader on Wednesday. Game times are set for 4:00 and 6:15 PM at the new Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field.

Tune
in to "Inside the Roost" tonight from 7-8 p.m. on 107.5 The Game!
Joining host Derek Scott as tonight's guests are: Director of Golf Puggy Blackmon to discuss the performances of the men's and women's teams at the SEC Championships over the weekend, Special Asst. to the AD Clyde Wrenn to talk about his efforts to reach out to Gamecock alums and build those relationships, and Aaron Fitt from Baseball America to talk about the South Carolina vs. LSU series coming up this weekend.

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to "Inside the Roost" every Monday from 7-8 p.m. on 107.5 The Game for
weekly insights into Gamecock Athletics and special guests. You can also
listen online!

Check out this week's Facebook Fan of the Week winner, Suzanne and Gud Malarche of Arlington, VA. "Julia was born 8 weeks early and spent almost one month in the NICU. While her early arrival caught us off guard, we like to think that she just couldn't wait any longer to start cheering on the Gamecocks!"

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Kip Bouknight is the only Golden Spikes Award and Rotary Smith Award winner in South Carolina Baseball
history. He was a two-time All-American including one of the greatest
single seasons in college history in 2000, posting a 17-1 record to help
lead the Gamecocks to a 56-10 record and an SEC Title. Bouknight
remains the winningest pitcher in South Carolina history with a 45-12
career record in a four-year span, pitching a school-record 482 innings
and starting a school-record 66 games. He also holds school records for
strikeouts (457) and decisions (57).

Both softball and baseball host Tuesday games vs. in-state foes. Softball will take on Presbyterian out at Pine Grove Complex in West Columbia while construction continues at the new Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. Admission is free for this game. Baseball hosts College of Charleston tonight with the game televised on SportSouth. Softball will then hit the road to Auburn this weekend for a three-game series, while Baseball hosts #19 Kentucky Friday through Sunday. Tickets available online here

Good luck on the road to Men's and Women's Golf and Men's and Women's Tennis - all competing in their respective SEC Championships this weekend! We're also sending our best wishes to SEC Champion Equestrian as they head to Waco for the NCEA National Championships this weekend!